Furniture container



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FURNITURE CONTAINER 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Oct. 22, 1949 INVENTOR'.

HIS ATTORNEYS April 20, 1954 F. GIBBQNS 2,675,955

FURNITURE CONTAINER Filed 0ct. 22, 1949 s Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR'.

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April 1954 c. F. GIBBONS 2,675,955

v FURNITURE CONTAINER Filed Oct. 22, 1949 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 INVENTORI ms ATTORNEYS.

Patented Apr. 20 1954 FURNITURE CONTAINER Clyde F. Gibbons, Atlanta, .Ga., assignor to Gaylord Container Corporation, St. Louis, Mo., a corporation of Maryland Application October 22, 1949, Serial No. 122,899

1 Claim.

This invention relates to containers of the type used for storing and/or shipping furniture of the kind having a seat portion and a back portion projecting above the level of the seat portion.

The principal object of the present invention is to provide a container for furniture of said type which is simple and economical in construction and easy to assemble and position on the furniture and which is completely dust proof and protects the furniture during either shipment or Storage or both.

The present invention consists in a furniture container comprising a lower or body section having side walls with outturned marginal flanges on their upper margins, and an upper section having an upwardly extending downwardly opening rear portion covering the back of said piece of furniture portion and a front portion extending forwardly from the front wall of the back cover portion to cover the open top of said body section and the seat portion of a piece of furniture therein, and having flaps that overlap and are stitched to the depending upper marginal flanges of the lower section.

V The inventionis more fully explained by reference to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification and wherein like numerals refer to like parts wherever they occur.

Fig. l is a perspective view of an assembled furniture container embodying myinvention,

Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-sectional view taken along the line 2-2 in Fig. 1,

Fig. 3 is a vertical cross-sectional view taken along the line 33 in Fig. 1,

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary cross-sectional view taken along the line 4-4 in Fig. 1,

Fig. 5 is a perspective View showing the upper and lower sections about to be assembled,

Fig. dis a fragmentary perspective view showing the manner in which the upper section blank is folded to form the upper section,

Fig. 7 is a plan view of the blank of the upper section,

Fig. 8 is a plan view of the blank of the lower section,

Fig. 9 is a perspective view showing a modified form of upper section in which said upper section i formed from two pieces,

Fig. 10 is a vertical cross-sectional view taken along the line Iii-I 0 in Fig. 9,

Fig. 11 is a perspective view of another modified form of an upper section,

Fig. 12 is a vertical cross-sectional view taken along the line I2I 2 in Fig. 11,

Fig. 13 is a vertical cross-sectional view show- 2 ing .still another modified form of an upper section,

Fig. 14 is a fragmentary cross-sectional view showing a lower section of modified form, and

Fig. 15 is a fragmentary cross-sectional view showing still another lower section of modified form.

The container comprises a lower or body section I and an upper or cover section 2 which are secured together in overlapping relation. The lower section I comprises a blank bent to form a front wall 3 having an exterior front wall marginal flange 4 depending from the upper margi thereof, a back Wall 5 having an exterior back wall marginal flange '6 depending from the upper margin thereof, and side walls I having exterior side wall marginal flanges 8 depending from the upper margins thereof. The lower section I has a taped corner 9 between a side wall I and the back wall 5.

The upper section 2 is formed from a blank Iii having scores II and a reverse score i2 as shown in Fig. 7. The upper section 2 has a top panel I3 with top panel end. closure flaps It on either end thereof, a back vpanel I5 folded downwardly from one side of said top panel l3, said back panel 15 having back panelend closure flaps It on either end thereof, a front panel I l folded down- 'wardly from the other side of said top panel I3,

said front panel I! having front panel end clo- 'sure flaps I8 on either end thereof, and a fiat .front cover l9 folded from the front panel I'i,

said front cover I9 having longitudinal marginal flaps. 2B thereon along opposite edges and a center longitudinal marginal flap 23a therebetween having end tabs 2| thereon.

The assembled upper section 2 comprises the front cover l9 and a channel-shaped back cover 22 formed by folding the back panel I5 having the back panel end closure flaps I6 thereon and the front panel I'I having the front panel end closure flaps I 8 thereon downwardly from the top panel I3. The ends of the channel-shaped back cover 22 may then be closed by folding the back panel end closure flaps I6 inwardly toward the front panel I1. The front panel end closure flaps I8 are then folded inwardly toward the back panel I5. The top panel end closur flaps I4 are then folded downwardly over the front panel end closure flaps I8 and back panel end closure flaps It, said end closure flaps I4, I6 and I8 secured together to form the ends of the said channel-shaped back cover 22 by three stitches 23.

The fiat front cover I9 is formed by folding the 3 end tabs 2| on the center longitudinal marginal flap 20a downwardly so that when all the longitudinal marginal flaps 20 are folded downwardly from the front cover 19, the end tabs 2i lie along the inner surface of the adjacent longitudinal marginal flaps 20 and can be secured thereto by means of stitches.

The furniture carton is assembled as follows. The lower section I is placed in its openly folded position with the outturned, back, side and front wall marginal flanges l, 6 and 3 depending downwardly from the upper margins of the back, side and front walls 3, 5 and a, respectively. The previously formed upper section 2. is seated on the lower section I so that the longitudinal marginal flaps 2i! and 29a, the lower margins of the ends of the channel-shaped back cover 22, and the back panel l5 slip over and lie in juxtaposition with the marginal flanges l, 8 and 6 of the lower section I so that sections may be stitched together thereby providing dust proof joints without the use of tape and the cost thereof. Th back panel [5 of the inverted channelshaped back cover 22 of the upper section 2 is stitched along its lower edge to the back wall marginal flange 6 of the back wall 5 of the lower section I, and the ends of the channel-shaped back cover 22 are stitched along their lower edges to the rear portions of the depending sid wall marginal flanges 8 of the side walls I of the lower section I.

The downwardly open container is adapted to be telescoped over the upper portion of an upholstered chair, davenport or the like with its channel-shaped back cover 22 enclosing the back portion of the chair, with its front cover It seated on the arms thereof and with the depending walls 3, 5 and I of the lower section 1 covering the front, back and sides of the chair. The walls 3, 5 and I of the lower section I may extend clear to the bottom of the chair which may be seated on a wooden base of the type described by the Interstate Commerce Commission for containers of this type. The container and platform member may be secured together by two suitable encircling bands, or other means if desired.

If desired, the above construction can be modified into a three piece container by making the front cover 19 separate from the channel-shaped back cover 22 and adding a stitching flap 24 to said front cover I9 opposite to the center longitudinal marginal flap 26a so that said stitching flap 24 may be secured. to the lower margin of the front panel ll. The three piece construction may also be formed by adding a stitching flap 25 to the lower margin of the front panel I1 so that said stitching flap 25 can be secured to the edge of the front cover 18 opposite the center longitudinal marginal flap a.

The three piece construction may also be formed by adding a stitching flap 26 to the lower margin of the front panel I? and a stitching flap 21 to the edge of front cover 19 opposite the center longitudinal flap 20a, and securing said stitching flaps 26 and 21 together.

As shown in the modified construction in Fig. 14 each of the front, back, and side walls of the lower section is provided with a lower marginal flange 28 that is folded inwardly and nailed to the underside of a wooden base 29.

As shown in the modified construction in Fig. 15, each of the front, back, and side walls of the lower section is provided with a lower marginal half-closure flap 33 disposed in overlapping relationship to a corresponding flap on an adjacent wall. 7

Obviously, the hereinbefor described furniture container admits of considerable modification without departing from the invention. Therefore, I do not wish to be limited to the precise arrangements shown and described.

What I claim is:

A furniture container comprising a lower body section having a bottom with foldably connected, upright, opposing pairs of side and end walls, each wall being provided with a foldably connected, co-extensive, upper marginal, reinforcing top flange disposed downwardly in fiatwise position against the outer face of the upper margin thereof, and a telescoping cover member for the lower body section, said cover member having a front and portion, the front portion having a flat panel having opposing side margins and front and back margins, the side and front margins thereof being provided with downwardly depending, foldably connected flaps which extend in fiatwise relation to the outer face of the adjacent portions of the top flanges on the body walls and are fixedly secured thereto, the back 7 portion of the cover member being in the shape of an upwardly projecting downwardly opening channel having a foldably connected together upright front wall, horizontal top panel and upright rear panel, the lower margin of the upright front wall being fixedly secured to the adjacent back margin of the front cover portion, the lower margin of the rear panel extending downwardly against and fixedly connected to the outer face of the top flange on the adjacent container body wall, the rear panel of the back portion of the cover member being provided at each end with an inwardly depending, foldably connected end flap extending downwardly to and fixedly connected to the adjacent portion of the body side wall top flange, the front and top panels of the back portion of the cover member being provided with right angularly, inwardly disposed, foldably connected end flaps extending in overlapping, sealing relation with the rear panel end flap and fixedly secured thereto.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,188,825 Potter June 27, 1916 1,379,797 Bliss May 31, 1921 1,686,834 Nickerson Oct. 9, 1928 1,973,572 Leckband Sept. 11, 1934 2,453,574 I-Iill Nov. 9, 1948 2,537,801 Swatsick Jan. 9, 1951 

